Storing box



G. RAHN STORING BOX Aug. 22, 1933.

Filed Nov. 8, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l Aug. 22, 1933. RAHN Q 1,923,228

STORING BOX Filed Nov. 8, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 if; a.

Patented Aug. 22, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application November 8, 1929, Serial No. 405,751, and in Germany November 9, 1928 6 Claims. (Cl. 3l255) The invention relates to devices for storing and dispensing superposed packages, which allows them to be drawn out separately from the case when being sold.

The storing boxes or cabinets hitherto known consist of a caseat the lower end of which is arranged an aperture corresponding to the packages for taking out the undermost package. The present invention, however, provides a novel form of case, from which various packages may be taken out separately at any height, so that it is possible to place diverse packages in a single case and to take them from the same. vention consists of an ordinary wood or metal box adapted for piling up such packages and suitable for said purposes, in which sliders are arranged at various heights according to the piling thickness of the packages in question. The rear end of each slider is forrned with a small ledge that engages the package resting on the slide when the latter is pulled out. In order to prevent the other piled packages from being withdrawn by the slide, stop devices are supplied by which all the other layers are held back,

u so that only one single package is pulled out at a time.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a partial front elevation of embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a partial horizontal section across the front of the same.

-3 and 4 are side and a top view respectively of a slide.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a stop member for withholding the package. 1

Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate another form of stop device embodying the invention which may be regulated from without.

Fig. 8 is a modification of the case with a differently formed slide and stop member.

Fig. 9 is a front view of Fig. 8. r

In an ordinary rectangular case 1, may be stored numerous packages 2 piled upon each other, such as packages of photographic papers a case M or plates, objects wrapped up for hygienic purposes, adhesive plaster or similar packed products.

According to the various sorts of packages a number of slides 3 are laid into the box 1 with a corresponding number of layers of such packages. The slides consist preferably of light metal plates and have an upright ledge 4 at their rear ends, which is proportioned to the height of package stored. At the front end is formed a handle, consisting of a flat, bent tongue 5pm- The injecting beyond the case. At both sides the slides have laterally projecting lugs 6 to engage supports 7 of the case to limit the movement of the slide.

For holding the packages "that are not to be drawn out different devices may be provided. Preferably. an angle piece 8 is arranged in the case 1, and as may be seen from Fig. 2, said angle piece is. mounted behind the supports '7 of the case. The slide 3 inserted through a slot 9 in the vertical member or" the piece '8 so that the angle piece is kept in a corresponding position with the slide. When pulling the slide 3 out by the handle 5, one package is engaged by the ledge 4, while the remaining packages are held back by the front cross ledge 10 of the angle stop piece 8. According to the height of the box 1 numerous sorts of uniform or different packages may be used, which may be replenished as required.

Another embodiment of the invention is shown in Fig. 6, in which a stop ll is provided instead of the angle piece 8; said stop is slidably mounted on a laterally arranged barlZ and can be held in any adjusted position by means of a screw 13. The said stop ll has a slot 14 which is as wide as the combined height of the package and the thickne'ss'of the slide 3. Upon the tongue 5 inscriptions may be provided, as required, for allowing the operator to distinguish and choose the sortof package wanted with greater ease. The stop 11 is shifted up to the slide bearing the package desired, so that the latter may be pulled out to gether with the slide through the slot, while the toppart of the stop 11 will hold back the other packages.

In the foregoing I have described a storing box for flat packages, in which loose slides placed at any distance above each other and provided with handles are arranged in a rectangular case, which slides pass through vertical stops provided with slots. The said rectangular case may be modified by providing, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, fiat-plates 8' of sheet metal, on which the slides themselves are guided. Thus numerous slides with the said guiding plates may be arranged above each other in such a manner that these plates are movable vertically and guided by cleats placed vertically at the rear'of the case.

The plates 8, which fill out the whole cross section of the case 1 are bent over at the sides so as to form guides 2 for the slides 3 and an upright flange 6 is formed on the rear end. At the front corners vertical faces 10 are formed to constitute stops and are laterally prolonged at 11' to form vertical side flanges connecting with the guides 2.

The stops 10 are above the plates 8' and form with the latter slots 9' of sufficient height to permit the withdrawal of a slide with a package thereon. Both the plates 8' and the slides 3 are provided at their rear ends with recesses '7' so as to receive the cleats 13. At the rear end of each plate in front of the ledge 6' a wire 12 or the like is mounted, which projects behind the cleats 13 and thus, together with the recess 7' forms a guide for the plate 8' in the case 1. The plates 8 can be shifted along the cleats the entire height of the case, and when a slide 3 is drawn out the flat package resting on it is withdrawn through the slot 9 while the vertical faces 10 attached to the front side of the guiding plate hold back the superposed packages. The slide and the guiding face may be of any material.

I claim:

1. A case for storing and dispensing superposed packages of different contents comprising a receptacle with an open front and a plurality of slides freely'mounted for vertical movement in said receptacle to compensate for the space left in the stack by the removal of a package from the supporting stack below, and adapted to be moved horizontally and nested within the stack of packages mounted in the receptacle, each slide having means for engaging a package resting thereon for withdrawing the latter through the open front of the receptacle, vertically movable guide-plates carrying the slides, inwardly projecting stop members on the guide-plates extending over the slides and forming slots for the passage of the latter.

2. A case for storing and dispensing superposed. packages of different contents comprising a receptacle with an open front and a plurality of slides provided with means for engaging and withdrawing a package nested within the stack of packages mounted in the receptacle and adapted to be moved horizontally, each slide being freely mounted for vertical movement in said receptacle to compensate for the space left in the stack by the removal of a package from the supporting stack therebeneath, and means for retaining the packages supported by the package withdrawn.

3. A case for storing and dispensing superposed packages of different contents comprising a receptacle with an open front and a plurality of slides nested within the stack of packages mounts ed in the receptacle and adapted to be moved horizontally, each slide having means for engaging a package resting thereon for withdrawing the latter through the open front of the receptacle, and said slides being freely mounted for vertical movement in said receptacle to compensate for the space left in the stack by the removal of a package from the supporting stack therebeneath.

4. A case for storing and dispensing superposed packages of different contents comprising a receptacle with an open front and a plurality of slides nested within the stack of packages mounted in the receptacle and adapted to be moved horizontally, each slide having means for engaging a package resting thereon for withdrawing the latter through the open front of the receptacle, and means positioned on the stack and above the slides for retaining the superposed packages to prevent withdrawal of these packages from the supporting stack, said slides being freely mounted for vertical movement in said receptacle to compensate for the space left in the stack by the removal of a package from the supporting stack therebeneath.

5. A case for storing and dispensing superposed packages of different contents comprising a receptacle with an open front and a plurality of slides nested within the stack of packages mounted in the receptacle and adapted to be moved horizontally, each slide having means for engaging a package resting thereon for withdrawing the latter through the open front of the receptacle and means mounted on the receptacle and forming a stop member adjacent the side of the slide for retaining the packages above the package resting on the slide, the stop member being movable vertically on the side of the receptacle.

6. A case for storing and dispensing superposed packages of different contents comprising a receptacle with an open front and a plurality of slides nested within the stack of packages mounted in the receptacle and adapted to be moved horizontally, each slide having means for engaging a package resting thereon for with- GEORG RAI-IN. 

